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“Every day I see people on Lorton Road going past my house at 60mph to 70mph. You see people going out of town accelerating away.

“People were getting frustrated with the lack of progress and not doing anything about speeding as the police don’t seem to have the resources to try and tackle it.”

The device collects data from individual cars in the form of speed and time but does not identify the vehicle.

It has been programmed to not show speeds above 45mph to discourage motorists from setting a high number as they drive past.

Inspector Dennis Kelly, of Cumbria police, said: “The data provided will help us to concentrate on problem hot spots for speeding and making drivers aware of the dangers they put themselves and others in when they speed.”

Geoff Walker, headteacher at Cockermouth School, said: “At peak times there can be the movement of 1,600 pupils, students and staff along Castlegate Drive so the speed limit must be adhered to at all times.”

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This is a lie60000 motorists have not been caught speeding.They have been recorded at driving at a speed that can not been virified due to the fact that these sighns are not calibrated to the accuracy required to provide a conviction.FACTLets have the correct information please T&S

Posted by The Stig on
17 May 2012 at 07:49

Here we go again, another headline to support the fact that the poor motorist is being fleeced of his cash.Lets get one thing striaight, if speeding is a serious issue then put police there and police it.This is another piece of propaganda that is aimed at creating a argument to make it acceptable to continue to price the motorist of the road.